Literature
We live here
where love comes
in wrapped words
tongues mumbling
in the belly
of the words
- The Victorian Society In Jude The Obscure
The Victorian Society in Jude The Obscure Thomas Hardy is generally regarded as a realistic writer in the Victorian Age In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents the characters Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead, who violate the conventions of the repressive...
- One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon The Strand
One day I wrote her name upon the strand by Edmund Spenser One day I wrote her name upon the strand But came the waves and washed it away Again I wrote it with a second hand But came the tide, and made my pains his prey Vain man, said she, that dost in...
- To His Love (edmund Spenser)
One day I wrote her name upon the stand But came the waves and washed it away Again I wrote it with a second hand But came the tide , and made my pains his prey Vain man , said she , that does in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize For I myself...
- The African American Writer With A Difference (interview)
IMANI TOLLIVER is a multi-talented artist; a poet, visual artist, educator and an advocate of the arts. For these, she has been severally honored. Her poetry has been recognized by a Lannon Literary Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the...
- Let Your Heart Speak My Mind (poem)
I plead for passion you show compassion rock of a hug crushing my heart broken hearts fleeing the mire outgrow the bounds and flop manure to the swamp homes, dark corners of our rooms, are the actual battlefield war is for the brave where mud houses...
Literature
Where we live (poem)
We live here
where love comes
in wrapped words
tongues mumbling
in the belly
of the words
we live in a maze
where razor-in-cheek
cutting through the heart
wastes words
on deaf-dumb...
where razor-in-cheek
cutting through the heart
wastes words
on deaf-dumb...
where wounded words
seized by the jungle
in return for justice
become the ruins
of our lion appetite
living lost dreams
in prodigal measures
seized by the jungle
in return for justice
become the ruins
of our lion appetite
living lost dreams
in prodigal measures
yes, we live
down
here?
down
here?
(c) Sumaila Umaisha.
- The Victorian Society In Jude The Obscure
The Victorian Society in Jude The Obscure Thomas Hardy is generally regarded as a realistic writer in the Victorian Age In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy presents the characters Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead, who violate the conventions of the repressive...
- One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon The Strand
One day I wrote her name upon the strand by Edmund Spenser One day I wrote her name upon the strand But came the waves and washed it away Again I wrote it with a second hand But came the tide, and made my pains his prey Vain man, said she, that dost in...
- To His Love (edmund Spenser)
One day I wrote her name upon the stand But came the waves and washed it away Again I wrote it with a second hand But came the tide , and made my pains his prey Vain man , said she , that does in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize For I myself...
- The African American Writer With A Difference (interview)
IMANI TOLLIVER is a multi-talented artist; a poet, visual artist, educator and an advocate of the arts. For these, she has been severally honored. Her poetry has been recognized by a Lannon Literary Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the...
- Let Your Heart Speak My Mind (poem)
I plead for passion you show compassion rock of a hug crushing my heart broken hearts fleeing the mire outgrow the bounds and flop manure to the swamp homes, dark corners of our rooms, are the actual battlefield war is for the brave where mud houses...